Zhang Yuyue, Zhao Guangyao, Zheng Mengjia, Hu Tianli, Yang Cheng, Xu Chenjie
Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Institute of Materials Research, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China.
Nanoscale. 2023 Oct 20;15(40):16493-16500. doi: 10.1039/d3nr01245j.
A microneedle-based skin patch system allows the minimally invasive extraction of skin interstitial fluid, which offers hope for the realization of quantitative and non-invasive diagnosis/monitoring of biological/physiological signals (biomarkers) in the human body. This work describes a nanometallic conductive composite-hydrogel core-shell microneedle skin patch that can realize minimally invasive real-time monitoring of physiological signals. The microneedle sensing system contains an inner conductive silver paste core and an outer bioactive hydrogel layer. The inner core is coated with biomarker-specific enzymes while the outer hydrogel layer extracts the biomarkers from the skin interstitial fluid. This patch can be integrated with the commercial signal processing and transmission modules and enable real-time monitoring. Taking glucose as a model biomarker, we confirm the function and potential application of this core-shell microneedle patch for transdermal diagnosis. It is proven that the core-shell microneedle patch can quickly extract skin interstitial fluid within 30 seconds and has a fast and linear response to glucose concentrations from 0 to 21 mM with a correlation coefficient of 0.9970, which may pave the way for the future development of smart wearable devices with minimally invasive transdermal biosensors.
基于微针的皮肤贴片系统能够实现对皮肤间质液的微创提取,这为实现人体生物/生理信号(生物标志物)的定量无创诊断/监测带来了希望。这项工作描述了一种纳米金属导电复合水凝胶核壳微针皮肤贴片,它能够实现对生理信号的微创实时监测。微针传感系统包含一个内部导电银浆芯和一个外部生物活性水凝胶层。内核涂有生物标志物特异性酶,而外部水凝胶层从皮肤间质液中提取生物标志物。该贴片可与商业信号处理和传输模块集成,实现实时监测。以葡萄糖作为模型生物标志物,我们证实了这种核壳微针贴片用于透皮诊断的功能和潜在应用。结果表明,核壳微针贴片能够在30秒内快速提取皮肤间质液,并且对0至21 mM的葡萄糖浓度具有快速且线性的响应,相关系数为0.9970,这可能为未来带有微创透皮生物传感器的智能可穿戴设备的发展铺平道路。